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Anna Smith Spark

Smith Spark, Anna

Birth place: London, England, UK

6 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
April 2017 |4 Interview An Interview with Anna Smith-Spark Grimdark Magazine, April 2017
September 2018 Interview Interview with Anna Smith Spark Three Crows Magazine, September 2018
September 2018 Review The Tower of Living and Dying Three Crows Magazine, September 2018
January 2019 |19 Short Fiction Stones Three Crows Magazine, January 2019
October 2021 |4 Interview An Interview with Anna Smith Spark Grimdark Magazine, October 2021
May 2023 Review A Woman of the Sword ParSec, Spring 2023

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2018 British Fantasy Award Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel The Court of Broken Knives Nominee
2018 British Fantasy Award The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer The Court of Broken Knives Nominee
2018 David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy Morningstar Award The Court of Broken Knives Nominee
2025 World Fantasy Award Best Novella In the Shadow of Their Dying Nominee

Author of grimdark fantasy, who states that she also loves historical military fiction. BA in history, PhD in English literature; living in London, England. Birthplace from the bio in the German translation of her "The Court of Broken Knives" (Das Reich der zerbrochenen Klingen).

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